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Re: birding-aus Winter Migrants

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Subject: Re: birding-aus Winter Migrants
From: Laurence & Leanne Knight <>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:20:56 +1000
HARRIS & WESTRUP John & Jude wrote:
> 
> Ian Clayton wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > I spotted my first Brown Goshawk of the winter migrants today, smart
> > chap
> > leaving the cooler climes of Mexico and heading north of the border to
> > SUNNY
> > North Queensland for the winter.
> >
> > The winter birds (Goshawks) seem to drift over Townsville in a
> > northerly
> > direction at this time of year.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ian Clayton
> 
> Now Ian is really geographically embarassed!!!.  It was enough to think
> that Melbourne was Sth. East of Sydney, but Ian has really botched it
> up, or he is not telling us about a vagrant rarity that has come from
> Mexico.  So I suggest, forget the Laughing Gull in Victoria, and get
> yourself and your bino's up to Townsville in a big hurry before they go
> home!!!!!!!
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Harris


Crikey John, how long have you been sleeping?  Don't you know that
Banana Benders have a tendency to refer to Victorians as "Mexicans"
[because they live south of the border and have a tendency to migrate
north in search of better economic conditions].  

Regards, Laurie.
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